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English

Etymology

Through Old French from Latin rubrica (red ochre), the substance used to make red letters.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈɹuːbɹɪk/,

Noun

a heading in a book highlighted in red
an established rule or custom, a guideline
a category or classification
:* That would fall under the rubric of things we can ignore for now.
a printed set of score|scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback

Related terms

rubricate

Translations

Finnish: otsikko

Finnish: ohje, ohjeistus

Finnish: kategoria

fr:rubric io:rubric pt:rubric ru:rubric te:rubric vi:rubric tr:rubric zh:rubric

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rubric \Ru"bric\, v. t.
To adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate. [R.] --Johnson.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rubric \Ru"bric\, Rubrical \Ru"bric*al\, a.
1. Colored in, or marked with, red; placed in rubrics.
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What though my name stood rubric on the walls
Or plaistered posts, with claps, in capitals?
--Pope.
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2. Of or pertaining to the rubric or rubrics. "Rubrical
eccentricities." --C. Kingsley.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rubric \Ru"bric\, n. [OE. rubriche, OF. rubriche, F. rubrique (
cf. it. rubrica), fr. L. rubrica red earth for coloring, red
chalk, the title of a law (because written in red), fr. ruber
red. See red.]
That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography
which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions.
Hence, specifically:
(a) A titlepage, or part of it, especially that giving the
date and place of printing; also, the initial letters,
etc., when printed in red.
(b) (Law books) The title of a statute; -- so called as being
anciently written in red letters. --Bell.
(c) (Liturgies) The directions and rules for the conduct of
service, formerly written or printed in red; hence, also,
an ecclesiastical or episcopal injunction; -- usually in
the plural.
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All the clergy in England solemnly pledge
themselves to observe the rubrics. --Hook.
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(d) Hence, that which is established or settled, as by
authority; a thing definitely settled or fixed. --Cowper.
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Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human
conceptions before Christianity. --De Quincey.
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WordNet rubric
n 1: an authoritative rule of conduct or procedure
2: an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
[syn: gloss]
3: directions for the conduct of Christian church services
(often printed in red in a prayer book)
4: a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give
a brief summary of the matters it deals with; "Title 8
provided federal help for schools" [syn: title, {statute
title}]
5: a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special
type
6: category name; "it is usually discussed under the rubric of
`functional obesity'"
v : adorn with ruby red color

Moby Dictionary
Sefer Torah , Torah , Torah scroll , Virginal , abbreviation ,
abbreviature , abrege , abridgment , abstract , act , appellation ,
appellative , banner , banner head , basis , bill , blood , bracket ,
branch , breviary , brief , burden , bylaw , canon , capsule , caption ,
case , caste , category , chapter , church book , clan , class , code ,
cognomen , commandment , compend , concern , condensation ,
condensed version , conspectus , convention , decree , denomination ,
designation , dictate , dictation , dictum , digest , division , draft ,
drop head , dropline , edict , enactment , epigraph , epitome , essence ,
estate , euchologion , euchology , farse , focus of attention ,
focus of interest , form , formality , formula , formulary ,
general principle , gist , golden rule , grade , group , grouping ,
guideline , guiding principle , hanger , head , heading , headline ,
imperative , incarnadine , institution , issue , jump head , jus , kin ,
label , law , lectionary , legend , legislation , level , lex , litany ,
living issue , machzor , main point , manual , matter , matter in hand ,
maxim , measure , meat , memorable , missal , mitzvah , moral , motif ,
motive , motto , nomen , norm , notable , observable , order , ordinal ,
ordinance , ordonnance , outline , overline , overview , pandect ,
pigeonhole , point , point at issue , point in question , pontifical ,
position , prayer book , precis , predicament , prescript ,
prescription , principium , principle , problem , question , race , rank ,
rating , red-letter , regulation , review , ritual , rituale , rubify ,
ruby , ruddle , ruddy , rule , ruling , running head , running title ,
scarehead , screamer , section , sept , service book , set ,
settled principle , shortened version , siddur , skeleton , sketch ,
spread , spreadhead , standard , standing order , station , status ,
statute , strain , stratum , streamer , style , subdivision , subgroup ,
subhead , subheading , subject , subject matter , subject of thought ,
suborder , substance , subtitle , superscription , survey , syllabus ,
synopsis , tenet , text , theme , thumbnail sketch , title , title page ,
topic , topical outline , working principle , working rule

RUBRIC, civil law. The title or inscription of any law or statute, because the copyists formerly drew and painted the title of laws and statutes rubro colore, in red letters. Ayl. Pand. B. 1, t. 8; Diet. do Juris. h.t.